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1、FacingtheGiants:TransferStudentRetentionandAdjustmentPresentedbyDr.EricGummgummj@acu.eduAgendaForThisSessionNeedforthisstudyConceptualFramework&MethodologyResearchQuestions&DataAnalysisMajorFindingsImplicationsoftheStudyRecommendationsforPracticeAdditionalResearchS
2、uggestionsQuestionsanddiscussionNeedfortheStudyWithmorestudentsdesiringtotransfer,thereisasignificantneedforinformationregardingtransferringanditseffectsonstudents.Thisconferenceandsomanypeople’sinterestinthisareaisastrongreflectionofthatneed!Beforeinterventionscan
3、becreatedtoassisttransferstudents,wemusthaveaclearerunderstandingoftransferstudenttransition(Flaga,2002).NeedfortheStudyAnexplorationofbothAcademicandSocialintegrationwasnecessarytounderstandtheexperiencesoftransferstudents(Harrison,1999).Severalsourcespointedtothe
4、needforstudiestocounterbalancethoseinlarge,publicuniversitiesbylookingatprivateuniversities(Cejda,1999,2000;Cejda&Kaylor,1997;Townsend,1995;Walter,2000)NeedfortheStudyWoosley(2005)notedthattransferstudentsalsotendtohavealowerretentionratethanfreshmenstudents(10%low
5、eronaverage).ConceptualFrameworkTinto’s(1993)“TheoryofStudentDeparture.”ConceptualFrameworkThismodelpresentsadualframeworkofbothacademicandsocialsystemsintowhichthestudentistointegrate.Tinto’smodelisthemostwidelyusedtoexaminestudenttransitionandattrition,withover77
6、5citations(Braxton,Hirschy,andMcClendon,2004;PascarellaandTerenzini,2005).Itwasespeciallyrelevanttothisstudybecauseresidentialuniversitiesareexactlythetypeofinsitutionsthismodelismostreliableinstudying(Robbins,etal,2004;Tinto,1998).MethodologyTwodatasources:Transfe
7、rStudentExperiencesSurvey(a70-itemquestionnaire)OfficialuniversityrecordsforenrollmentandgradepointaverageThreeparticipatingprivateuniversities:InstitutionAwith1,400students(50transfers)InstitutionBwith4,700students(140transfers)InstitutionCwith14,000students(400tr
8、ansfers)MethodologyStudentsampleincludedallstudentswho:TransferredthereintheFallof2005Hadatleast12credithoursoftransferworkHadgraduatedfromhighsc